collection

Nels Jenson. Papers, 1874-1890, 1919-1934.

• 1919-1934 (creation)

0.1 cubic feet (2 folders)

Papers of Nels Jenson (born Niels Johan Jenssen) including two journals, 1874-1887, 1890 (in Norwegian with an English translation, and a corrected translation), detailing his boyhood in Norway, his immigration to the United States, and settling in Hudson, Wis., in 1888; correspondence, 1919-1934, n.d., including letters from his son Olaf in Whitefish, Montana; and writings by Jenson.

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Researchers are responsible for using in accordance with 17 U.S.C. Copyright may have not been transferred to the University of Wisconsin-River Falls.

Presented by Helen Jenson Bethel, Spooner, Wis., 1981 and 1985; corrected translation presented by Nancy Hawkinson, Hudson, Wis., 1991.

• Norwegian Americans -- Wisconsin -- Hudson -- Diaries Jenson, Nels -- Diaries Jenson, Olaf -- Correspondence Montana -- Social life and customs -- 20th century Norway -- Social life and customs -- 19th century Wisconsin -- Hudson Norway Montana 1800-1999

• Jenson, Nels (creation)
• Jenson, Nels. (1874) (Subject)

• Diaries.